{"id":627,"date":"2011-05-11T20:41:40","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T09:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?page_id=627"},"modified":"2011-06-22T14:48:28","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T03:48:28","slug":"gambling-addiction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?page_id=627","title":{"rendered":"gambling addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"450\" height=\"25\" data=\"http:\/\/bigcontact.com\/feed-player\/robwalkerpoet\/gambling-addiction\/r:1;t:100\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"window\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/bigcontact.com\/feed-player\/robwalkerpoet\/gambling-addiction\/r:1;t:100\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><span>Nickleus\u2019 disturbing cello chords lent themselves to a poem I wrote called \u2018pokies at the emu\u2019 (pokies are poker machines in Australia &amp; the Emu Hotel is an Adelaide pub. I retitled it to make it more universal.)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"b\">pokies at the emu \/ gambling addiction<\/span><\/p>\n<p>CREDIT\t BET\t WIN<\/p>\n<p>you enter\t the opulence\t a winner<\/p>\n<p>carpets are soft\t faces hard<br \/>\ngold scintillates under halogen<br \/>\nsmoke in coils frittered ceilingward<br \/>\nextracted from your pockets<br \/>\nof air<br \/>\nto a reflective vault<\/p>\n<p>All smoke and mirrors.<br \/>\ncigarette butts are twisted polio legs<br \/>\nwrithing in their own ash<br \/>\njoyful rising cadences overflow electronic calliopes<br \/>\nin the Key of Triumph Major<br \/>\nwinning forte<br \/>\n(the crash of cash)<br \/>\nlosing pianissimo<\/p>\n<p>envious eyes dart sideways at lucky bastards<br \/>\nthe coffee is free<br \/>\nbut you\u2019re detained<\/p>\n<p>a Wild Thing with Mystic Power, an Aristocrat in a world beyond day beyond night<br \/>\nbeyond spouse beyond your Home and kids<br \/>\nit seems, beyond The World<\/p>\n<p>But at dream\u2019s wakening you must return to<br \/>\nDebt\t Lies Guilt<br \/>\nyour life a spinning chocolate wheel<br \/>\npast the glass case of prizes<br \/>\nstep out into the poverty<br \/>\nof carpark darkness<\/p>\n<p>and the silent<br \/>\ndesperation<br \/>\nof loss<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 rob walker (from the collection\u00a0<span class=\"i\">micromacro<\/span>, 2006)<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Thanks to <\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/nickchumphrey2\/\">Nickleus<\/a><\/span><span> from Idaho for the cello samples which I mixed<\/span><\/div>\n<p><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"450\" height=\"25\" data=\"http:\/\/bigcontact.com\/feed-player\/robwalkerpoet\/gambling-addiction-2\/r:1;t:100\"><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"window\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/bigcontact.com\/feed-player\/robwalkerpoet\/gambling-addiction-2\/r:1;t:100\" \/><\/object><br \/>\nAnd this is Deb Matthews-Zott&#8217;s remix of the same poem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nickleus\u2019 disturbing cello chords lent themselves to a poem I wrote called \u2018pokies at the emu\u2019 (pokies are poker machines in Australia &amp; the Emu Hotel is an Adelaide pub. I retitled it to make it more universal.) pokies at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?page_id=627\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":531,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-627","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=627"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":749,"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/627\/revisions\/749"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}